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The protections the juvenile courts have for the juvenile are fundamental in keeping the majority of the juveniles well and good until their adult lives and can be functioning and contributing adults in society.

Changing juvenile law to encompass them into adult law seems to be the worse thing to do as such then what is to keep the child from being tried as an adult for grant theft auto or grand larceny? The standards for adults would have to be the same for juveniles in what you are suggesting.

It seems to be appropriate to me that for selected crimes which have slowly become defined and added. It isn't like the DA just wakes up and says "I'd like to try this juvenile as an adult." No there is a process for transferring from the juvenile court system to the adult court system since the adult system has no jurisdiction over juveniles. This means that the transferrence isn't as you say, "you don't like the way he looks" implies that there could be simple abuse by one individual. No there is still the proper judicial system that is followed for due process. This also means that the defendant's lawyer can object and try to keep the case within the juvenile system.

You feel sick because someone is attempting to kill someone that they shouldn't be tried as an adult? Do you really want to give that individual the benefit of the doubt as a juvenile and have no recourse of punishment after you remove that reasonable doubt?

Again, trying someone in a court doesn't immediately apply consequence and penalty. A judge gets to decide that and can apply compassion and humanity as needed.

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